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Canada Soccer to use lessons from Qatar to refine support at future tournaments
DOHA, Qatar - With bumper TV audiences at home, the World Cup has focused attention on the Canadian men just as the Tokyo Olympics served as a platform for the women to shine. Qatar has also allowed C...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada has lessons to learn after glass half-full, half-empty return to World Cup
DOHA, Qatar - The Canadian men leave the World Cup with "our heads up," according to coach John Herdman. They also exit the world stage without a win, at the bottom of Group F and the second team to b...
Dec 02, 2022
Lethbridge Hurricanes sign d-man Aiden Ziprick
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A new defenceman has been added to the Lethbridge Hurricanes roster.The team has signed 2005-born player Aiden Ziprick to a Western Hockey League (WHL) Standard Player Agreement. The ...
Dec 02, 2022
Hockey Canada says over 900 cases of on-ice discrimination last season
Hockey Canada says there were more than 900 documented or alleged incidents of on-ice discrimination - verbal taunts, insults and intimidation - across all levels and age groups during the 2021-22 sea...
Dec 02, 2022
Four years after Meng Wanzhou's arrest, U.S. moves to drop remaining indictment
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a New York judge to dismiss the remaining indictment against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Four years to the day since the Chinese tech scion was...
Dec 02, 2022
Canada scores milestones with each of its two goals at World Cup in Qatar
DOHA, Qatar - Canada made history in Qatar with its first-ever goal at the men's World Cup. And it turns out its only other goal was also a milestone, albeit one scored by an opponent. FIFA says the o...
Dec 02, 2022
Camel pageant among attractions on World Cup sidelines
ASH-SHHANIYA, Qatar (AP) - Like all good pageant contestants, Nazaa'a displayed not only dazzling beauty but also poise and grace. She batted her eyelashes and flashed a toothy smile for the televisio...
Dec 02, 2022
Feds won't help provinces for disaster compensation if housing built in flood areas
The federal environment minister is warning that Ottawa will not provide disaster compensation where a province deliberately allows housing to be built in areas prone to flooding. Steven Guilbeault's ...
Dec 02, 2022
College and university sports preview: December 2, 2022
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Local post-secondary teams are in action this weekend.The Lethbridge College Kodiaks basketball and volleyball teams compete, while the University of Lethbridge (U of L) Pronghorns ba...
Dec 02, 2022
Proposed canola-based aviation fuel plant in the works
MELFORT, SK - An Alberta company wants to build a plant that would use canola oil in the production of aviation fuel.Reconciliation Energy Transition develops energy projects with Indigenous equity ow...
Dec 02, 2022